Favours Quotes

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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere… — William Bartram
When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor... — Niccolo Machiavelli
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed lack of method and discrimination.… — P.G. Wodehouse
Change only favours minds that are diligently looking and preparing for discovery. — Louis Pasteur
In that memorable year, 1822: Oersted, a Danish physicist, held in his hands a piece of copper wire, joined by its extremities to the two… — Louis Pasteur
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan
Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all… — Pope Francis
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand:… — George Washington
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that… — Nathaniel Cotton
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger
There's unfortunately a view of too many people in Atlantic Canada that it's only through government favours that there's going to be economic progress, or… — Stephen Harper
It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for… — Margaret Thatcher
All that is required of us, in our new sexual ethic, is that we have sex in a way that favours us more than it… — Richard Summerbell
What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get… — Jack Ma
Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy… — Richard Branson
There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives… — Charles Spurgeon
A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery scarcely surpassed by… — John Stuart Mill

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